Traditional Chinese Medicine

MOH studying 18 proposals to integrate TCM into public healthcare

[SINGAPORE] The use of acupuncture to treat migraines, for post-stroke rehabilitation and cancer-related care could soon be integrated into the national healthcare system under a sandbox initiative.

Founded in 2014, Regencell’s main line of business is marketing and licensing traditional treatments for ADHD and autism spectrum disorder

Mystery US$33 billion Chinese medicine fortune collapses in days

[HONG KONG] When Yat-Gai Au was worth US$33 billion on paper, he was not in his Hong Kong office.

Regencell Bioscience sells herbal medicine treatments for ADHD and autism spectrum disorder.

CEO’s wealth hits US$33 billion as unprofitable Chinese medicine firm’s stock soars

The firm is an improbable vehicle for creating a multibillion-dollar fortune

Dry cupping is one of the services that Pulse TCM provides. Its founder Nicholas Poh says that the clinic chain posted a 30 to 40% year-on-year increase in patients from 2016 to 2018.

The sinseh will see you now: TCM on the rise as healthcare players combine Eastern, Western medicine

The medical practice’s use has evolved to encompass more afflictions, as a wider demographic of patients come to understand the treatment

The national register will focus on psychologists who provide direct patient care and perform higher-risk assessments and interventions, among others.
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Family doctors can become specialists to handle complex cases; TCM practitioners will be able to advertise

A register of psychologists will also be introduced to raise professional standards

China drugmaker plunges after Wanda scion doubts Covid TCM efficacy

China drugmaker plunges after Wanda scion doubts Covid TCM efficacy

[BEIJING] Shares of a traditional Chinese medicine maker plunged by the daily limit after the son of one of China’s richest men questioned the efficacy of its drug commonly used to treat mild cases of...

Hangzhou Lianke Meixun Biomedical Technology, which is well-known in China for its DXY websites that fact check health claims and explain science to the public, had a handful of its Weibo social media accounts labelled as "violating regulations" and suspended.

Tencent-backed China health information unicorn censored online

A CHINESE health information provider valued at more than US$1 billion by investors including IDG Capital and Tencent Holdings has had at least 5 of its social media accounts frozen by what appears to...

Analyst Ng Yong Rui thinks the country’s biopharma industry would benefit from 3 macro trends: favourable political environment built around the 14th Five-Year Plan, China’s ageing population and World Health Organization recognising the potential benefits of TCM in Covid-19 treatment.

Brokers’ take: Lim & Tan sees strong positives in Tianjin Da Ren Tang; initiates with US$1.60 target

LIM & TAN Securities has initiated coverage on dual-listed healthcare and biopharmaceutical company Tianjin Pharmaceutical Da Ren Tang (TDRT) with a “buy” and a target price of US$1.60 — representing ...

China relies on traditional medicine to fight Covid surge in Shanghai

China relies on traditional medicine to fight Covid surge in Shanghai

SHANGHAI is distributing to residents millions of boxes of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), such as herbal products and flu capsules, which it says can treat Covid-19 in the battle to control its l...

China promotes traditional cures as Pfizer pill alternatives

China promotes traditional cures as Pfizer pill alternatives

[BEIJING] As Hong Kong's outbreak became the deadliest in the world, among the aid Beijing sent to the financial hub were 1 million packets of honeysuckle, rhubarb root, sweet wormwood herb and other ...